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community.aws.iam – Manage IAM users, groups, roles and keys
Note
This plugin is part of the community.aws collection (version 1.5.0).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.aws.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.aws.iam.
New in version 1.0.0: of community.aws
Synopsis
- Allows for the management of IAM users, user API keys, groups, roles.
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python >= 2.6
 - boto
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| access_key_ids
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        A list of the keys that you want affected by the access_key_state parameter.
         | 
     |
| access_key_state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        When type is user, it creates, removes, deactivates or activates a user's access key(s). Note that actions apply only to keys specified.
         | 
     
| aws_access_key
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        AWS access key. If not set then the value of the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variable is used.
        
       
        If profile is set this parameter is ignored.
        
       
        Passing the aws_access_key and profile options at the same time has been deprecated and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.
        
       aliases: ec2_access_key, access_key  | 
     |
| aws_ca_bundle
        
        path
         | 
      
        
        The location of a CA Bundle to use when validating SSL certificates.
        
       
        Only used for boto3 based modules.
        
       
        Note: The CA Bundle is read 'module' side and may need to be explicitly copied from the controller if not run locally.
         | 
     |
| aws_config
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        A dictionary to modify the botocore configuration.
        
       
        Parameters can be found at https://botocore.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/config.html#botocore.config.Config.
        
       
        Only the 'user_agent' key is used for boto modules. See http://boto.cloudhackers.com/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html#boto for more boto configuration.
         | 
     |
| aws_secret_key
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        AWS secret key. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY, or EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variable is used.
        
       
        If profile is set this parameter is ignored.
        
       
        Passing the aws_secret_key and profile options at the same time has been deprecated and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.
        
       aliases: ec2_secret_key, secret_key  | 
     |
| debug_botocore_endpoint_logs
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Use a botocore.endpoint logger to parse the unique (rather than total) "resource:action" API calls made during a task, outputing the set to the resource_actions key in the task results. Use the aws_resource_action callback to output to total list made during a playbook. The ANSIBLE_DEBUG_BOTOCORE_LOGS environment variable may also be used.
         | 
     
| ec2_url
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Url to use to connect to EC2 or your Eucalyptus cloud (by default the module will use EC2 endpoints). Ignored for modules where region is required. Must be specified for all other modules if region is not used. If not set then the value of the EC2_URL environment variable, if any, is used.
        
       aliases: aws_endpoint_url, endpoint_url  | 
     |
| groups
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        A list of groups the user should belong to. When state=update, will gracefully remove groups not listed.
         | 
     |
| iam_type
        
        string / required
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Type of IAM resource.
         | 
     
| key_count
        
        integer
         | 
      Default: 
        1
         | 
      
        
        When access_key_state=create it will ensure this quantity of keys are present.
         | 
     
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Name of IAM resource to create or identify.
         | 
     |
| new_name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        When state=update, will replace name with new_name on IAM resource.
         | 
     |
| new_path
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        When state=update, will replace the path with new_path on the IAM resource.
         | 
     |
| password
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        When type=user and either state=present or state=update, define the users login password.
        
       
        Note that this will always return 'changed'.
         | 
     |
| path
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "/"
         | 
      
        
        When creating or updating, specify the desired path of the resource.
        
       
        If state=present, it will replace the current path to match what is passed in when they do not match.
         | 
     
| profile
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
        
       
        Using profile will override aws_access_key, aws_secret_key and security_token and support for passing them at the same time as profile has been deprecated.
        
       
        aws_access_key, aws_secret_key and security_token will be made mutually exclusive with profile after 2022-06-01.
        
       aliases: aws_profile  | 
     |
| region
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The AWS region to use. If not specified then the value of the AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION environment variable, if any, is used. See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region
        
       aliases: aws_region, ec2_region  | 
     |
| security_token
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        AWS STS security token. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variable is used.
        
       
        If profile is set this parameter is ignored.
        
       
        Passing the security_token and profile options at the same time has been deprecated and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.
        
       aliases: aws_security_token, access_token  | 
     |
| state
        
        string / required
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Whether to create, delete or update the IAM resource. Note, roles cannot be updated.
         | 
     
| trust_policy
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        The inline (JSON or YAML) trust policy document that grants an entity permission to assume the role.
        
       
        Mutually exclusive with trust_policy_filepath.
         | 
     |
| trust_policy_filepath
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The path to the trust policy document that grants an entity permission to assume the role.
        
       
        Mutually exclusive with trust_policy.
         | 
     |
| update_password
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        When to update user passwords.
        
       
        update_password=always will ensure the password is set to password.
        
       
        update_password=on_create will only set the password for newly created users.
         | 
     
| validate_certs
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
         | 
     
Notes
Note
- Currently boto does not support the removal of Managed Policies, the module will error out if your user/group/role has managed policies when you try to do state=absent. They will need to be removed manually.
 - If parameters are not set within the module, the following environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence 
AWS_URLorEC2_URL,AWS_PROFILEorAWS_DEFAULT_PROFILE,AWS_ACCESS_KEY_IDorAWS_ACCESS_KEYorEC2_ACCESS_KEY,AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEYorAWS_SECRET_KEYorEC2_SECRET_KEY,AWS_SECURITY_TOKENorEC2_SECURITY_TOKEN,AWS_REGIONorEC2_REGION,AWS_CA_BUNDLE - Ansible uses the boto configuration file (typically ~/.boto) if no credentials are provided. See https://boto.readthedocs.io/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html
 AWS_REGIONorEC2_REGIONcan be typically be used to specify the AWS region, when required, but this can also be configured in the boto config file
Examples
# Basic user creation example
- name: Create two new IAM users with API keys
  community.aws.iam:
    iam_type: user
    name: "{{ item }}"
    state: present
    password: "{{ temp_pass }}"
    access_key_state: create
  loop:
    - jcleese
    - mpython
# Advanced example, create two new groups and add the pre-existing user
# jdavila to both groups.
- name: Create Two Groups, Mario and Luigi
  community.aws.iam:
    iam_type: group
    name: "{{ item }}"
    state: present
  loop:
     - Mario
     - Luigi
  register: new_groups
- name: Update user
  community.aws.iam:
    iam_type: user
    name: jdavila
    state: update
    groups: "{{ item.created_group.group_name }}"
  loop: "{{ new_groups.results }}"
# Example of role with custom trust policy for Lambda service
- name: Create IAM role with custom trust relationship
  community.aws.iam:
    iam_type: role
    name: AAALambdaTestRole
    state: present
    trust_policy:
      Version: '2012-10-17'
      Statement:
      - Action: sts:AssumeRole
        Effect: Allow
        Principal:
          Service: lambda.amazonaws.com
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| role_result
        
        string
         | 
      if iam_type=role and state=present | 
        
        the IAM.role dict returned by Boto
         Sample:
        
       
        {'arn': 'arn:aws:iam::A1B2C3D4E5F6:role/my-new-role', 'assume_role_policy_document': '...truncated...', 'create_date': '2017-09-02T14:32:23Z', 'path': '/', 'role_id': 'AROAA1B2C3D4E5F6G7H8I', 'role_name': 'my-new-role'}
         | 
     
| roles
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      if iam_type=role and state=present | 
        
        a list containing the name of the currently defined roles
         Sample:
        
       
        ['my-new-role', 'my-existing-role-1', 'my-existing-role-2', 'my-existing-role-3', 'my-existing-role-...']
         | 
     
Authors
- Jonathan I. Davila (@defionscode)
 - Paul Seiffert (@seiffert)
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/aws/iam_module.html